<p>Fellow Russian Elena Dementieva joined her in the second round after beating Britain's Anne Keothavong 6-1, 6-4. <br /><br />On the comeback trail after shoulder surgery last year, three-times grand slam champion Sharapova conceded she needed more matches to get her form back. <br /><br />"I had so many chances to close out the match and I didn't," the 62nd ranked Sharapova said. "I couldn't raise my level when had to. But in the third set I didn't do anything wrong, I was steady and kept doing the right things." <br /><br />After winning the first set, Sharapova squandered a 5-2 lead in the second and was unable to cash in on two match points leading 6-4 in the tiebreaker, double faulting and committing a backhand error. <br /><br />The Japanese player moved ahead with a scalding backhand winner and then took the tiebreaker 8-6 after Sharapova dumped a backhand into the net. <br /><br />However, the former world number one turned it around in the third set with huge groundstrokes and aggressive returns to put the game away against her 34-year-old opponent. <br /><br />Dementieva said she was still adjusting to jetlag, but was pleased with her play. The world number four is setting her sights on a US Open title run. <br /><br />"I hope it's going to be a long summer," Dementieva said. "I need to play some good matches to get my confidence for New York." <br /><br />Seventh seed Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland also moved ahead with a 6-0, 6-1 demolition of Romania's Sorana Cirstea. <br /><br />Top seed Serena Williams will take the court on Tuesday against China's Li Na while her sister Venus faces Canadian wildcard Stephanie Dubois.<br /><br />Reuters</p>
<p>Fellow Russian Elena Dementieva joined her in the second round after beating Britain's Anne Keothavong 6-1, 6-4. <br /><br />On the comeback trail after shoulder surgery last year, three-times grand slam champion Sharapova conceded she needed more matches to get her form back. <br /><br />"I had so many chances to close out the match and I didn't," the 62nd ranked Sharapova said. "I couldn't raise my level when had to. But in the third set I didn't do anything wrong, I was steady and kept doing the right things." <br /><br />After winning the first set, Sharapova squandered a 5-2 lead in the second and was unable to cash in on two match points leading 6-4 in the tiebreaker, double faulting and committing a backhand error. <br /><br />The Japanese player moved ahead with a scalding backhand winner and then took the tiebreaker 8-6 after Sharapova dumped a backhand into the net. <br /><br />However, the former world number one turned it around in the third set with huge groundstrokes and aggressive returns to put the game away against her 34-year-old opponent. <br /><br />Dementieva said she was still adjusting to jetlag, but was pleased with her play. The world number four is setting her sights on a US Open title run. <br /><br />"I hope it's going to be a long summer," Dementieva said. "I need to play some good matches to get my confidence for New York." <br /><br />Seventh seed Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland also moved ahead with a 6-0, 6-1 demolition of Romania's Sorana Cirstea. <br /><br />Top seed Serena Williams will take the court on Tuesday against China's Li Na while her sister Venus faces Canadian wildcard Stephanie Dubois.<br /><br />Reuters</p>
